RE: Why would any woman want to be Christian?
March 7, 2013 at 3:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2013 at 3:12 pm by jstrodel.)
(March 7, 2013 at 4:25 am)EGross Wrote: A man sees a cute girl. He wants her. She is repulsed by him. He rapes her. He pays a 50 shekel fine and she is required to be his wife.
The guy ruins the other guys property, so he pays the 50 shekels to the father and he gets what he wanted in the first place without paying the normal higher fee for a virgin.
(Later Rabbinical decrees were added to eliminate this sort of loophole).
But that's ok, because God said so.
He also seemed to be cool with slavery. (Not to be confused with an eved ivri who is an indentured slave for a specific period of time. In fact, a father can sell his daughter into slavery and get a better bang for his buck that way). Non-Jews are slaves for life and can be treated however is deemed fit.
God was cool with that too.
The Old Testament punishes rape with death see Deut 22:26. Then someone will object WTF GOD IS SO JUDGMENTAL LOOK HE PUNISHES RAPE WITH DEATH. Why doesn't God just set up society exactly the way it is setup in America. It is not like people in America have problems with sexual issues, right? WTF. There is a distinction made between consensual sex or partially consensual rape versus forced rape. Since you did not give my points detailed analysis, neither will I give your points detailed analysis. I think the passage about 50 shekels of silver is a specific case of semi-consensual sexual activity. The Hebrew word means "seize".
You have probably never done a serious Bible study in your life. The Old Testament punishes rape by death and distinguishes difficult taks. But for the atheist, it is not required to understand the original detailed law code that exists, it is sufficient to read the law code the way that a middle schooler would read a modern day legal code on rape, pointing and squirming and jumping up and down as he half understands things that are related to words that make him feel uncomfortable.
You can do this, but it won't convince me. There is a right way to do science and there is a right way to study the scriptures. The way that atheists typically study the scriptures (out of context, even ignoring the context of the same passage!) is similar to the way that some Christians approach science - as something to disprove while they half understand it.
You didn't even brooch any of my objections to the epistemology of ethical criticism of the Bible, you just repeated the same apologetics.
